2007
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-790x2007000400013
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Características da Aids na terceira idade em um hospital de referência do Estado do Ceará, Brasil

Abstract: Idosos contaminados pelo HIV ampliam as estatísticas ao redor do mundo. Este estudo teve como objetivo geral descrever as características da Aids em pessoas com 60 anos de idade ou mais, atendidos em hospital de referência para HIV/Aids no Ceará, no período de 1989 a 2004. Desenvolveu-se pesquisa documental utilizando fichas de notificação compulsória de Aids disponíveis no Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN) e dados do Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade (SIM). Obteve-se notificação de… Show more

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“…The data from this study were similar, as 77.4% of deaths occurred in individuals aged 60 to 69 years. But, in the age group of 80 years and more, the data diverged, with 3.3% of deaths identified within this age group in this study (2) .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 73%
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“…The data from this study were similar, as 77.4% of deaths occurred in individuals aged 60 to 69 years. But, in the age group of 80 years and more, the data diverged, with 3.3% of deaths identified within this age group in this study (2) .…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 73%
“…Between 1994 and 1995, in Brazil, the number of AIDS cases in individuals between 50 and 70 years showed a slight increase, the opposite of what occurred in other age groups, in which there was stabilization (2) . Another study shows that shift of deaths to the higher age groups, contradicting the hypothesis of juvenalization and leading to the belief that there is an aging of those affected by AIDS (7) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
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“…The information on AIDS in the country showed an epidemic of multiple dimensions that, over time, has presented deep changes in their evolvement and distribution. It has been demonstrated the importance of heterosexual transmission and characteristics such as the feminization and ageing and pauperization of sick people (14)(15) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%